Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999
Cyprus was represented by Marlen Angelidou in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999 with the song "Tha 'Ne Erotas".
Eurovision Song Contest 1999 | ||||
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Country | ||||
National selection | ||||
Selection process | National final | |||
Selection date(s) | 9 February 1999 | |||
Selected entrant | Marlen Angelidou | |||
Selected song | "Tha 'Ne Erotas" | |||
Finals performance | ||||
Final result | 22nd, 2 points | |||
Cyprus in the Eurovision Song Contest | ||||
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Before Eurovision
National final
The final took place on 9 February 1999 at the Monte Caputo Nightclub in Limassol, hosted by Loukas Hamatsos. Nine songs competed, with the winning song chosen solely by an "expert" jury, one of whom was Thanos Kalliris, who had represented Greece in 1987 as part of Bang.
Final – 7 February 1999 | |||||
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Draw | Artist | Song | Songwriter(s) | Points | Place |
1 | Marlen Angelidou | "Tha 'ne erotas" | Giorgos Kallis, Andreas Karanikolas | 225 | 1 |
2 | Riana Athanasiou | "Moni" | Gavriel Savva | 107 | 7 |
3 | Elena Tsolaki | "Aspro feggari" | Marios Takousis, Poly Georgiou Takousi | 116 | 5 |
4 | Christina Saranti | "Adeio feggari" | Michalis Konstantinidis, Christos Konstantinidis, Kyriakos Pastidis | 102 | 8 |
5 | Stelios Constantas | "Methysmeno feggari" | Loukas Xenofontos, Tonia Hatzikosti | 125 | 4 |
6 | Giorgos Stamataris | "Maria" | Giannos Savvidis, Vicky Efstathiou | 143 | 3 |
7 | Lucas Christodolou | "An gyriseis" | Theos Kallias, Elena Pravitsioti | 113 | 6 |
8 | Giorgos Gavriel | "Pios erotas glykos" | Michalis Antoniou, Christos Christofi | 88 | 9 |
9 | Dimos Beke | "Tha sou edina oli mou ti zoi" | Dimos Beke, Zinonas Zindilis | 178 | 2 |
At Eurovision
Marlain performed 14th on the night of the contest, held in Jerusalem, Israel on 29 May 1999. Cyprus followed Iceland's entry, Selma with "All Out Of Luck", and preceded Sweden's entry, Charlotte Nilsson with "Take Me to Your Heaven". Despite being a favourite to win it only received 2 points, all from United Kingdom, placing 22nd in a field of 23, beating only Spain.
Points awarded by Cyprus
Final
12 points | |
10 points | |
8 points | |
7 points | |
6 points | |
5 points | |
4 points | |
3 points | |
2 points | |
1 point | |
Points awarded to Cyprus
12 points | 10 points | 8 points | 7 points | 6 points |
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5 points | 4 points | 3 points | 2 points | 1 point |